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- Title
Determinants of Work Force Reduction Strategies in Declining Organizations.
- Authors
Greenhalgh, Leonard; Lawrence, Anne T.; Sutton, Robert I.
- Abstract
Declining organizations frequently, sometimes necessarily, reduce their work forces. This paper introduces a hierarchy of work force reduction strategies and advances a series of propositions focusing on organizational and environmental variables that influence the managerial choice of work force reduction strategies.
- Subjects
DOWNSIZING of organizations; LAYOFFS; DISMISSAL of employees; ORGANIZATIONAL death; LABOR supply; HIERARCHIES; PERSONNEL management; INDUSTRIAL management; RESOURCE management; ENTERPRISE resource planning; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 1988, Vol 13, Issue 2, p241
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AMR.1988.4306878